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Salim Rostam

3×3 · top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008ROST01

Salim Rostam has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.21, set at French Championship 2010, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 575th in France. Across 8 competitions since April 2008, he has put 304 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.83 in April 2008 to 11.21, a 40% improvement. Salim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.21
signature single · French Championship 2010
304
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×311.2115.10
top 11.1%575 / 4,746
2×23.135.86
top 15.8%556 / 3,074
Pyraminx7.1311.48
top 28.9%681 / 2,148
4×41:02.651:11.18
top 39.3%702 / 1,817
3×3 one-handed31.9435.75
top 51.0%711 / 1,490
3×3 blindfolded3:02.41
top 53.2%243 / 434
5×52:21.362:24.75
top 61.7%582 / 1,024
Megaminx3:10.833:20.40
top 77.9%598 / 867
Square-11:00.052:32.31
top 83.7%440 / 540
Clock38.06
early days — 2 solves650 / 714
6×66:49.25
early days — 1 solve414 / 437
7×710:20.00
early days — 1 solve346 / 372

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

French Championship 2008: 18.83Nantes Open 2008: 17.97French Championship 2009: 13.31Nantes Open 2009: 13.34French Championship 2010: 11.21Breizh Open 2011: 13.91Breizh Open 2012: 14.05French Championship 2013: 13.9711.2118.8311 Apr 200827 Apr 2013

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.